Indian captain Harmanpreet Kaur praised Jemimah Rodrigues and Richa Ghosh for playing a key role in their seven-wicket win over arch-rivals Pakistan in their first match of the Women’s T20 World Cup here on Sunday, saying that every player who is getting a chance is important. She is doing well. Pakistan had set a target of 150 runs in front of India. India won by scoring 151 runs for three wickets in 19 overs with the help of Jemima’s 53 not out and Richa’s 31 not out.
Harmanpreet said after the match, “Jemima and Richa batted really well. All the players are eager to perform well for the team. Whoever is getting a chance, he is doing well. “He said,” Every match is important, whoever is the opponent, but definitely the match against Pakistan is big. (Ahead of the next match) We would love to spend some time in the nets. We want to work on a few things.
Pakistan captain Bismah Maroof said that his team made some mistakes in bowling which cost the team. He said, “We played well today. Although we also made many mistakes in bowling. We batted well, the player who was given the role played it well. Jemima was adjudged player of the match.
He dedicated his innings to his parents. “I knew we needed a great partnership. My parents are here and I want to dedicate this innings to them. I knew if we stayed till the end, we would get an easy win. We knew they would bowl loose balls and we took full advantage of that.
